Slow market

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Slow Market

A market with low volume and typically little change in prices. Slow markets tend to be illiquid and many analysts advise against selling in these markets because it is often difficult to achieve the price one desires.

Slow market.

A slow market is one with sluggish trading and static prices. In this environment, it may be difficult to find buyers willing to pay the price at which you'd like to sell your securities or other assets.

So to reduce the risk of losing principal or limiting gains, you may decide not to sell in a slow market unless you have a pressing need for the money that your asset might produce.

On the other hand, you might choose to buy in a slow market because lackluster trading volume might depress the prices of attractive investments.

The term slow market is also used to describe an exchange or market where transactions take relatively longer to execute than they do in other trading environments.

Speculative construction does not usually occur in slow markets," said Shapiro, also pointing to a number of recent acquisitions in Westchester, including 10 Bank Street in White Plains, 900 King Street in Rye Brook, and the Mt.

A combination of factors, including extremely slow markets for lumber and panel products, will result in extended holiday shutdowns at three of Potlatch Corporation's (NYSE:PCH) Idaho lumber, plywood and particleboard mills and holiday shutdowns at its three Minnesota oriented strand board (OSB) mills.

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